Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Hello, Sweet Sketch Wednesday followers. This week it is Nancy from Arizona posting for our Sweet Sketch Wednesday design team. I would like to say that it is "Sunny Arizona" but we got snow on Saturday and Sunday and it is really cold here again. We are expecting more tomorrow. I hope things are warming up a bit in your part of the world.. I keep wondering when spring will come. I am so happy today to be able to represent our team this week. Every week we are thrilled at the wonderful entries. We get as much inspiration out of seeing your cards as our followers do.......So, a great big thank you to all of you for joining us each week. We couldn't do it without you. Every single week we are adding new followers. It is really a joy to see the growth we have had this past year.Thank you for your continued support. If there is one thing I could say to our followers, It would be: "Please, please leave us a comment. We want so much to include everyone in our GRAND PRIZE DRAWING." So, before you leave our blog, leave us a little note. If you would like to stop by our DT's blog and leave them a comment, that would be wonderful too. I can't tell you how much we love to hear from you.

So, without any further ado..the Grand Prize Winner of last weeks challenge is:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is a Christian digi stamp company offering a wide variety of hand drawn digital stamp designs and sentiments for the digital stamper or scrapbooker. We started out as a clear stamp company back in November 2007 and made the change over to all digital in February 2010. We have hundreds of fabulous digis to choose from starting at just $.99. Check us out at http://sweetnsassystamps.com.

Prize: $10.00 gift certificate

And here are the wonderful cards from our Design Team.

ARLANA

JACKIE

DEANNIE

KATHIE

GENEVIEVE

JEANNIE

JUDI

SHARON

LINDA

NANCY

Be sure to pop over to the Design Team blogs - they'd love to hear your sweet comments on their creations this week. And, be sure to leave a comment here on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday site so that we can add you to our Grand Prize drawing.

Now, to play along this week with us is very simple....

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. You may use any stamps or elements you have to create your card, although if you have any SWEET N' SASSY STAMPS images we'd love to see what you do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch along with the challenge number. For this week it would be Sweet Sketch 903. Add a link on your blog to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4. Post your card along with the link to that specific post where your card is featured.

5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card that you are entering.

6. Leave a comment here on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog. We love hearing from you but more importantly to be considered for the Grand Prize Winner you must leave a comment on this blog.

We are looking forward to seeing all your entries this week. Thanks for your support and for stopping by!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Hi everyone! It's Sharon here from Michigan posting this week for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday team. For those of you who are new to this blog, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge! We are so happy to have you join us! And for those loyal followers of SSW, we welcome you back and thank you for your support!

I know I speak for the whole SSW team when I tell you how excited we get to see all the amazing creativity you share with us week after week. There are so many talented crafters that bless us with your online friendship and support. We are so very thankful for that. You are all an inspiration to us.

Now speaking of inspiration, we'll start with announcing the winners of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #88...

We would like to congratulate all of you for your wonderfully creative cards.

Be sure to grab your TOP 3 Banner on the sidebar.

Thanks so very much to everyone who joined us last week. We truly love seeing the creativity that all of you bring to our challenges.

Now here's what you've been waiting for... a new sketch from Arlana for Challenge #89...We can't wait to see what you do with this week's sketch!

And, we're so happy to welcome back Digi Stamp Boutique as our sponsor and monthly favorite. Sally Ann from Digi Stamp Boutique has been sponsoring Sweet Sketch Wednesday from the very beginning and is always so very generous with the prize for the weekly winner. This week is no exception as the Grand Prize Winner will receive 6 Digi Stamps of their choice from Digi Stamp Boutique. Thank you Sally Ann for your enduring support of SSW and this lovely prize.

Please visit the Digi Stamp Boutique store to see the fabulous selection of images that are offered there.

Now to inspire you further, here are the samples created by the Sweet Sketch Wednesday design team using Digi Stamp Boutique images...

Be sure to pop over to the Design Team blogs - they'd love to hear your sweet comments on their creations this week.

Now, to play along this week with us is very simple....

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. You may use any stamps or elements you have to create your card, although if you have any Digi Stamp Boutique images we'd love to see what you do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch along with the challenge number. For this week it would be Sweet Sketch 89

3. Add a link on your blog to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4. Post your card along with the link to that specific post where your card is featured.

5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card that you are entering.

6. Leave a comment here on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog. We love hearing from you but more importantly to be considered for the Grand Prize Winner you must leave a commenton this blog.

We are looking forward to seeing all your entries this week. Thanks for your support and for stopping by!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Welcome everyone to another wonderful Sweet Sketch Wednesday, I'm Kathie and this week's posting is from New Zealand. I live approximately 40 minutes from Auckland airport and 60 minutes from Auckland Central Business District in a country town called Pukekohe known for it's market gardening. We're lucky enough here in the Southern Hemisphere to be having a very long hot summer but my heart goes out to all our followers and your families that are having such a terrible cold winter and these amazing snow storms that we are seeing on our world news, and the bushfire's and flooding in Australia. So I do hope you're able to join us this week with another wonderful sketch.

Don't forget to grab your Grand Prize and Top 3 badge located on the sidebar!

Each week we so look forward to seeing what wonderful creations you come up with, there are always different ideas, design papers and gadgets you use and we all learn from each other. The team at Sweet Sketch Wednesday would like to thank you for your on going support whether you have been with us for a while or whether you are new to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

This week Sweet Sketch Wednesday is lucky to have

Whimsie Doodles.com﻿

as our sponsor.

Whimsie Doodles(http://www.whimsiedoodles.com) is so excited to be sponsoring the new challenge! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog (http://whimsiedoodles.blogspot.com), were we also post weekly challenges and tutorials.

A special offer for Sweet Sketch Wednesday Fans - use the discount code Sweet10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today. Isn't that the icing on the cupcakefor all our lucky followers.

This week we have another sweet sketch from our very own talented Arlana and I can't wait to see what you create with this one.

Isn't this a wonderful sketch, I know I'll be using it again!!!

Sketch #88

Here is what the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team have created with Sketch #88 and Whimisie Doodles!!!

Arlana

Deanne

Genevieve

Jackie

Jeannie

Judi

Linda

Nancy

Sharon

Kathie

Kathie

Pop over to the Design Teams blogs they would love some sweet sweet comments on their creations.

To Play Along This Week It's very simple.

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. You may use any stamps or element you have to create your card, although if you have any Whimsie Doodle images we'd love to see what you do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please useSweet Sketchalong with each week's number, which is88.

3. Add a link on your blog about Sweet SketchWednesday.4. Post your card along with the link.

5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your site.

6. Be sure to leave us a comment here as we love hearing from you(you must do this tobe considered for the Grand Prize).The most important thing of all is to have fun and enjoy what your doing.Wishing everyone a Sweet week of crafting and a wonderful weekend.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 87

Blog Candy

A SWEET hello from Arlana this week. I am posting from Stockton, Utah. Last week our weather was a little warmer here. I am hoping for the same this week. First off, I want to tell all my followers about my new blog. I am starting to teach craft classes at my local scrapbooking store. On my new blog I will be posting my classes and kits for sale. I will also be selling my numerous cards and posting some of my cooking. My husband and I love to do Dutch Oven cooking. You won't want to miss out on those recipes. So to kick off my new blog I am offering blog candy. All you need to do is bug on over and become a follower and leave a comment on my blog. I will pick a winner as soon as I receive 100 followers. So when you're done here on Sweet Sketch Wednesday just bug on over to SWEET THINGS HANDMADE. Remember to have a chance to win you must leave me a comment and become a follower.

I hope you are all ready for another SWEET week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Don't forget to grab your Grand Prize and Top 3 badge located on the sidebar!

Each week we look forward to seeing your creations and want to thank you for your support whether you have been with us for awhile or whether you are new to SSW. It is always so difficult to choose the winners each week. We love the creative inspiration that you all bring to SSW.

Here is my sketch for this week. We can't wait to see what you will create!

Here's our SWEET creations.

Judi

Jeannie

Sharon

Deanne

Nancy

Jackie

Linda

Kathie

Geneieve

Arlana

To Play Along This Week - it's simple:

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. You may use any stamp or element you have to create your card, although if you have any Meljen's Design's, we'd love to see what you do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch along with each week's number, which is 87.

3. Add a link on your blog about Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4. Post your card along with the link.

5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your site.

6. Be sure to leave us a comment here as we love hearing from you (you must do this to be considered for the Grand Prize).